Bodybuilding.com and Joe Wheatley Productions brought the excitement and muscle back to Venice Beach this Memorial Day with the first of three summer shows scheduled for Muscle Beach this year. Find out how the awesome weekend went...

The Muscle Beach Championship, September 4, 2006 (Labor Day) will see the presentation of the first Lifetime Achievement Award to Mr. Joe Weider. Get the information you need about the show right here.

Become the next Mr. or Ms. Muscle Beach or just come to watch a great entertaining event at the Muscle Beach Venice Classic, July 4th in Venice, California. Special story about Rosemary Wedderburn included. Read on for more.

The 2006 Venice Beach Classic was held July 4th at the Mecca of bodybuilding. The fans and competitors alike were greeted by perfect weather which only added to the excitement had by all. Get commentary, photos, and results right here!

The 2007 Mr. & Mrs. Muscle Beach Venice Contest will be held at Muscle Beach in Venice, California on July 4th. This annual event is free to the public so come witness the best of the best beach bodies battle for the title! Learn more here...

The 2007 Mr. & Ms. Muscle Beach Bodybuilding And Figure Contest was held on the 4th of July weekend at the infamous Muscle Beach in Southern California. Many special guests attended as usual! Find pictures and results here...

The 2007 Muscle Beach Championship will be held on September 3rd at Venice Beach in sunny southern California. This exciting event will feature the Induction of the second Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Lalanne and much more! Learn more here...

The 2007 Muscle Beach Championship were held on September 3rd at Venice Beach in southern california. This event featured the Induction of the second Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Lalanne and much more! Find results, review & pics here...

The 2007 Muscle Beach Championship where held on September 3rd at Venice Beach in beautiful sunny southern california. This exciting event featured the Induction of the second Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Lalanne and much more...

The 2007 Muscle Beach Classic Bodybuilding & Figure Championships were held on August 4th in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Kent Bierly looked amazing and walked off with the Overall Muscle Beach men's open class trophy! Learn more here...

The 2007 Muscle Beach International Classic was held on May 27th & 28th at the Venice Beach Recreation Center in Venice, California. Check out hundreds of great pictures along with a review of the show here.

This week on The Fit Show, check out why they call this place Muscle Beach. We have exclusive footage of the 2005 Memorial Day Muscle Beach Classic. This is one the most exciting events for Muscle Beach, make sure not to miss this one.

The newly remodeled outdoor stage held a record number of 60 international competitors who displayed their hard bodies... Learn more about what fans were greeted to and who was inducted into the Walk Of Fame and more!

At 12:00 noon on Memorial Day the event opened with a spectacular Flyover from an awesome C-17 Globe master from March Air Force Base... Admission is free at this event and this year was better than ever. Learn more about it right here!

Since the beginning, the events at Muscle Beach have always been open to the public at no charge. This practice continues... Get the latest review and history right here for Muscle Beach on Memorial Day, 2006, held in Venice, California!

This ongoing event through October will be free to the public to see what bodybuilding competitors do during shows. There will also be additions made at this time to the Muscle Beach Venice Bodybuilding Hall of Fame.

Ric heads out to the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, and highlights the differences between the 70's and now including the different locations of the pit, the arcade with the famous Zoltar, and Pacific Park.

Bill was in town for the Muscle Beach Memorial Weekend show, and comes ready to talk old-school with Ric. The incredible growth in popularity of Muscle Beach over the years is due in large part to the efforts of promoter Joe Wheatley. Back in the early days, bodybuilding was considered a cult activity and has now moved much closer to the mainstream. While diets have become more scientific, the basics of eating to change body composition remain the same, only the cardio has increased. Another difference between then and now - guys tended to stay in shape year round, with some fine tuning around show time. Bill has noticed a renaissance of interest in the classic methods amongst his training clients at his New York gym.

It seems like the best memory these old wrestling buddies share is of the famous smorgasbords of the old days, but the characters are unforgettable too. Chuck Ahrens, H.B. Haggerty, Rocky Johnson, Mike Katz, Steve Neece. The real question is who was loyal to their gym, and who could be found training anywhere including the various locations of Muscle Beach, Gold's, or The Dungeon.

Continuing to dig into the history of Muscle Beach, Ric and Jack look back to the post-war era when many bodybuilders were wrestlers, and even back to the alleged original New York location. Bodybuilding is about lifestyle, and things used to be a bit more relaxed and easy going in the 70's. Jack remembers when gyms broke down the sexism barrier and allowed men and women to train together, but pines that they just aren't as hardcore anymore.

Times have changed when it comes to the dangers of sun exposure, and gone are the days of baking for 4 hours at a time. Ric recalls how bodybuilding, wrestling, and acting shared a close connection, and the lost art of the stomach vacuum.

There's mutual agreement that the Golden Years of bodybuilding will never be duplicated, but will remain a treasured memory. Retirement's good too, but so is doing what you love into the twilight of life.

Ric loves combing through the legendary streets of Venice in search of friends from a bygone era, and this week he happens upon old guard crewmember Eddy. Times have changed, and gone are the days of the camaraderie between bodybuilders and cardio-free gyms. The duo recollects the prankster side of Arnold, too-friendly waiters, and eating whole eggs shell included.

Back in the Golden Era of Bodybuilding, supplements were slim and eating was mostly real foods. But how did the Pros still get massive muscle gains? Re-live the Muscle Beach memories and discover secrets from the glory days of Bodybuilding below!